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WALTER S. GHATHAM, OF WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNGR T0 JOHN W. .ItIDDELM- OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Pattnt No. HASS, dated December 27, 1870; antedated December 15, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT lN BOOT-JACKS AND DOOR-BUFFERS.

The Schecue refened to in these Letters Patent and making pari: oi' the same.

the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip`r tion thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure .l is a plan View;

Figure 2, an end elevation; and

Figure 3, a side elevation of my invention 5,

.Figure 4 is a pla-n view of a modificare", of' the same. Y

My invention consists in the production of au article, which, whlerit affords a ready and convenient means for drawing olf boots and shoes from the wearer, will also serve the purpose of a door-stop or buffer.

Referring to the drawingy A represents the base oi' an upright standard, B. To the upper end of this standard is secured, in any suitable manner, a bifnrcated plate, C, the part c' ot which being somewhat thicker than that forming the two prong.. This, it will be seen, affords a ready means for assisting the withdrawal of' boots or shoes from the wearer. Its construction may be varied,

but the one shown is exceedingly cheap and simple.

On one side of plate G is an arm or projection, D, preferably cast in oneV piece with the plate, and over whicha hollow rubber knob orv buffer, E, is drawn. Part of this buffer should-project beyond the end of the prong, on the same side, to enable it to effectively prevent any injury to the wall from the door-knob, or to the door from the other parts ofthe device.

The base-plate Ais provided with several holes, through which screws or nails may be inserted to fasten the device to the ioor.

The holes all slant 'inward toa common center, and the screws will consequently enter lthe wood in a similar direction. By such an arrangement the plate will be held much more securely to the Hoor than if' the screws were insert-ed vertically into the wood, each screw operating as a lever. 1 l

The base-plate, standard, bifnrcated plate, and arm, may be cast in one piece, 0r the base and standard in one, and the bifurcated pla-te and arm in another'. li'

desired, the arm may be made separate and then suitably secured to the plate. The hollow rubber knob is molded in a suitable form, with one end closed,

' and then drawn over the arm.

It is obvious that instead of so constructing the base-.plate and standard as to be secured' to the door, they may be made as shown in iig. 4, where the standard iorms an elbow, and is nearly parallel with the plane of the bifurcated plate.A This construction al-'. 7'

lows the base-plate to be secured to the (-lapboarding of a wall, the position of' the boot-jack and buiier being the same as in the first instance.

\Vhen in position, this device is out oi' the way, and yet exceedingly convenient for the user, its postion is always certain, and the wall affords a rest to steady a person'drawing oii his boots or shoes.

Having thus described my invention,

W' hat I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is Y As a new article of manufacture, a bootjack and door-buffer combined, substantially as herein described and for 'the purposes set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signedV my name before two subscribing witnesses, this I3th day of June, 1870.

YVitnesses: WALTER S. GHATHAM.

R. H. MARSH,

CLARENCE A. RIDGELY. 

